During the break - in at the Capitol last January, a journalist revealed details of photos taken of former US Vice President Donald Trump, Mike Pence.

The White House correspondent for NBC News, Jonathan Karl, confirmed that he saw pictures of Mike Pence hiding during the riots on January 6, but did not allow them to be published in his new book, which deals with Donald Trump's last months in power, and includes new details about the attack by Trump supporters on the Capitol building and the events that preceded it.

Carl's remarks came during his hosting, yesterday on the Stephen Colbert talk show, in which he talked about his new book, Treason: "The final chapter of the Trump Shaw Show."

Jonathan Karl told the TV show that a photographer from the White House was with Mike Pence on January 6 when he went to the Capitol building to oversee the congressional process, in order to certify Joe Biden's victory in the 2020 election.

According to Carl, with regard to details of the images banned from publication, the photographer took pictures of Pence hiding in a basement inside the Capitol building, where the rioters broke through police lines and gathered in the building.

Karl said he saw the photos from the photographer, and commented: "This is the Vice President of the United States, hiding in a basement."

The basement where Pence hid is "the loading dock in an underground parking garage below the Capitol complex, where there is no place to sit, no office, no chairs or anything, it was in this concrete garage," he said.

Journalist Jonathan Karl also revealed that in a photo, Mike Pence appeared to be looking at his smartphone as he read a tweet attacking former US President Donald Trump after he challenged him and went to the Capitol building to certify the victory of US President Joe Biden.

Jonathan Karl predicts that the congressional commission appointed to investigate the riots on January 6 will want to see Mike Pence's photographs, which he suggested were taken by the photographer as part of his government work.

But he confirmed that he was not allowed to copy the photos for publication in his new book.

Mike Pence was a hotbed of anger among protesters on 6 January 2021, some of whom echoed slogans calling for his execution, while others erected a noose outside the Capitol building.

Pence defended his decision not to try to follow Trump's demands and try to block Biden's victory, asserting that it would be a step outside his constitutional authority.